Known as beef olives north of the border, the beef, blue cheese and Garner’s are the perfect combination.
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Pre heat oven to 180 C/ Gas No4.
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In a bowl, combine minced meat with crumbled cheese, parsley, seasoning and half the pickled onions, roughly chopped.
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Lay meat slices on a raw meat chopping board and cut each slice in two.
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Divide filling into 4 sausage shapes and place each on the meat. Roll up meat and fix firmly with wooden cocktail sticks.
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Butter a casserole dish of sufficient size to place the beef olives flat on base. Seal tightly with tin foil and cook for 20 minutes to brown.
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Remove from oven and pour tomato juice around beef olives. Season and add remaining pickled onions, halved.
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Cover and cook for a further 40 minutes until the tomato sauce is bubbling and the meat is thoroughly cooked. Check occasionally and add a little water if necessary to keep the dish moist.
Serve with creamy mashed potatoes and seasonal greens.
Ingredients:
200g Garner’s Original Pickled Onions, drained
100g 50-50 beef and pork mince/ or high quality sausagemeat
75g blue cheese – or soft cheese of your choice
1 tbsp fresh parsley
A pinch of chilli powder to taste
Freshly milled salt and pepper
2 large thin slices of beef – sirloin or frying steak
300mls tomato juice/passata